ManzoorAhmad, Mohammad Asif, Shafqat Manzoor, Nazir Ahmad, Iftikhar Ali Raja.
Tuberculous Spondylitis.
Pak J Neurol Jan ;4(2):79-81.

Tuberculosis is a major health problem in the developing countries like Pakistan. It is showing an increase in its incidence in the developed countries as well due to an increase of patients with AIDS. This study, conducted in the Department of Neurosurgery, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, showed that caries spine was found in 23% of the patients operated for space-occupying lesions of the spine. Males were 55% and females 45%. Dorsal spine was the site of the lesion in 78.3% cases.

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